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the obama administration has tried to find a compromise. so far they hadn't found one that made people happy but there are a couple of deadlines this year and so they're gonna have to revisit this issue and so that's something that is going to be argued out. >> right. >> go ahead, kevin. >> i was going to say, the courts are really the place to watch this because i think, as kim said, there's more than 30 lawsuits that have been filed about this and the very early ones that have come back, the courts seem to be fairly skeptical about the administration's ability to force a catholic institution, for example, to provide contraception. >> the bishops fought hard on this one. how does that leave their relationship with the white house? >> well, that's exactly where i was going to go, because i think that in the wake of the election there were, i mean, first of all, the catholic church has been divided in its attitude toward president obama. the catholic vote split almost down the middle, very slight lead for obama largely because of his overwhe
the obama administration has tried to find a compromise. so far they hadn't found one that made people happy but there are a couple of deadlines this year and so they're gonna have to revisit this issue and so that's something that is going to be argued out. >> right. >> go ahead, kevin. >> i was going to say, the courts are really the place to watch this because i think, as kim said, there's more than 30 lawsuits that have been filed about this and the very early ones that...
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president barack obama issued an executive order in june authorizing the program. it will give two-year visa status and work permits to eligible young people. applicants must be age 30 or under with no criminal record and have lived in the united states for at least five years afte entering at the age of 16 or younger. they must also be high school students or graduates. young hopefuls have been crowding seminars in new york to get information on the procedure from immigration and municipal officials. >> think for students that don't have any status in this country, that don't have work authorization, this is something we've wanted for a really long time. >> obama pledged to allow illegal immigrants access to u.s. citizenship during his 2008 presidential campaign, but the bill was voted down by the republicans and scrapped. the program is expected to become a major issue in the current presidential election campaign. republicans have condemned the program saying it will help increase the number of illegal immigrants. >>> u.n. secretary-general says the united natio
president barack obama issued an executive order in june authorizing the program. it will give two-year visa status and work permits to eligible young people. applicants must be age 30 or under with no criminal record and have lived in the united states for at least five years afte entering at the age of 16 or younger. they must also be high school students or graduates. young hopefuls have been crowding seminars in new york to get information on the procedure from immigration and municipal...
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but president obama today addressed worries about high oil and gasoline prices. speaking in maryland, he laid out his plans for alternative energy. sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: president obama wants to change the way america powers up. >> we can't have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past; we need an energy strategy for the future, an all-of-the above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of american-made energy. >> reporter: as it turns out, between wind, solar, and other resources, the country has its pick of ways to generate energy. the departme of engy says renewables make up around 10% of electricity production, and by 2035, their market share is expected to grow to 16%. but which ones are most promising? last year, solar panel installation doubled, and wind energy production increased by 27%. both depend heavily on government subsidies, and in a time of tight budgets, that support could dim. >> every energy source has enjoyed subsidies in its development period. that was true of oil, true of coal, true of
but president obama today addressed worries about high oil and gasoline prices. speaking in maryland, he laid out his plans for alternative energy. sylvia hall reports. >> reporter: president obama wants to change the way america powers up. >> we can't have an energy strategy for the last century that traps us in the past; we need an energy strategy for the future, an all-of-the above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of american-made energy. >>...
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. >> i think president obama has been much better of late, but understand that we come from this from a little different position. stan and i, this is the greatest problem the united states is facing is what do we do about the middle class? >> rose: america in afghanistan, and american politics when we continue. fundingfor charli rse wa ovided by the following. >> additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia and news and information services worldwide. >> from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: dexter filkins of the new yorker magazine is here, this week's issue called after america, he asks this question, will civil war hit afghanistan when the u.s. leaves? he reports on fears that an american presence is the only fact of keeping the fragile country out of the hands o the warlds aalin. >> the 2014 exit many afghans are preparing for the conflict that may follow. >> i am pleased to have dexter filkins back at this table. so here it is. the cover of the new yorker magazine. after america, when the soviets left afg
. >> i think president obama has been much better of late, but understand that we come from this from a little different position. stan and i, this is the greatest problem the united states is facing is what do we do about the middle class? >> rose: america in afghanistan, and american politics when we continue. fundingfor charli rse wa ovided by the following. >> additional funding provided by these funders. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia and news and...
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to see the troops and thank them and they're not there, thank god thank you, barack obama. the last year was one of the first years that i could really say that i saw some real progress being made in terms of issues that related to corruption, governments construction, and security in afghanistan. using those four metrix. that's not great. the initiative to reconcile taliban with other afghan people the reintegration at the grass rootss level of those people is a peer effort, not easy byny means but the training of the police force and the security force... >> rose: as far as you're concerned that's been moving at a pace that is satisfactory or that is to be expected? >> no, i wouldn't even say... it's taken aurn. >> rose: that's neral allen's point. >> well, i'm going back in another month and i'll see the improvement. >> rose: and if it's not happening, if you come to a conclusion that the... whatever effort there is to train the afghan and to enable them to do it on their own has failed, what would be your recommendation? >> i don't think it would be failing, no. i mean,
to see the troops and thank them and they're not there, thank god thank you, barack obama. the last year was one of the first years that i could really say that i saw some real progress being made in terms of issues that related to corruption, governments construction, and security in afghanistan. using those four metrix. that's not great. the initiative to reconcile taliban with other afghan people the reintegration at the grass rootss level of those people is a peer effort, not easy byny...
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bully pulpit, not that he doesn't have the skills to do it or can't do it. >> if i was to criticize obama, franklin roosevelt had a bold experiment face and didn't actually know the answer. >> rose: right. >> he didn't actually have a paradigm, he knew the world had been ripped up, and that experimentation was needed, and these things would have to be tried, and i don't see that kind of out of the box radical thinking from this administration, it is fairly safe on the economy, it is stuck within fairly conventional orthodox bounds, and that might be understandable, you know, this he have had a fire to put out, why should we expect them to be throwing up architect plans for a new house, it is easy for us to say. >> rose: but you could ask, and america has t things, one, it has -- it is a place -- it is a place of universal values, and appreciation of universal values, and secondly, it has a spirit of innovation like nobody else. >> i would agree with both, and look i am not saying this is not a simplistic world where america's decomplain which means china is the next superpower, it never w
bully pulpit, not that he doesn't have the skills to do it or can't do it. >> if i was to criticize obama, franklin roosevelt had a bold experiment face and didn't actually know the answer. >> rose: right. >> he didn't actually have a paradigm, he knew the world had been ripped up, and that experimentation was needed, and these things would have to be tried, and i don't see that kind of out of the box radical thinking from this administration, it is fairly safe on the economy,...
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if what i think is going to happen happens and president obama wins, i think that too will break the logjam for a different reason. as senator mcconnell says their number one goal for the last four years has been denying him a second term. as soon as he gets that, they can't deny him a third term. he can't have one anyway. so i think you will see, i will just make a prediction. i think in the lame duck session they will avoid the fiscal cliff, they will reach an agreement-- . >> rose: by extending it, by some kind of an extension or by making a deal. >> they'll either make a deal or they will have a short extension which makes it clear this is not another year, i predict that you will get a budget deal early next year f not in this lame duck session. and i think you'll see them start to work together. it is going to be a different world. >> rose:ecause the electn wi hav that kind of consequence. >> absolutely. >> one of romney's top foreign policy advisors said the other day that obama has made the united states look impo nent the world. dot facts bear that out. >> i disagree with th
if what i think is going to happen happens and president obama wins, i think that too will break the logjam for a different reason. as senator mcconnell says their number one goal for the last four years has been denying him a second term. as soon as he gets that, they can't deny him a third term. he can't have one anyway. so i think you will see, i will just make a prediction. i think in the lame duck session they will avoid the fiscal cliff, they will reach an agreement-- . >> rose: by...
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we've talked about how much more active president obama is online compared to mitt romney. here's some evidence. just looking at a period of less than two wee in a single recentonth. >> i jun >> inune. 29 twitter messages, just one for romney. a little more equal on facebook and youtube although the youtube president's team has posted twice as many videos as the romney side. he's been president for four years, he's had a big head start but it's a striking comparison. >> what it what it shows is that really the obama campaign values twitter and the obama campaign is on nine different platforms in addition to twitter, facebook and youtube. they're on tumbler and the other ones we've talked about on the program. >> instagra >> and they also... you know, they really try to get reaction from people and get those people to post and to share that information. >> reaction meaning, like actually engaging them a two way conversation? >> one of the interesting things of this study you cannot just join the obama web site but they've carved it up from 18 different subgroups to jewish am
we've talked about how much more active president obama is online compared to mitt romney. here's some evidence. just looking at a period of less than two wee in a single recentonth. >> i jun >> inune. 29 twitter messages, just one for romney. a little more equal on facebook and youtube although the youtube president's team has posted twice as many videos as the romney side. he's been president for four years, he's had a big head start but it's a striking comparison. >> what...
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that didn't look like familiar pictures of obama. he may be the most photographed man in the world. i also wanted something that conveyed the mood of the time. and particularly in the post-newtown period we're in now. that grislynd horrible massacre. the mood of the country has changed and he stepped up in a way that we really haven't seen and so i wanted the picture to be both familiar and unfamiliar both timeless and timely it's somber. it's meditative. it's deliberate. i think it's a really iconic picture. >> rose: you also have a profile in there of him and talking about this election which he says is more important than perhaps 2008 because he did n nt 28o look like an anomaly. >> yes, and the people by michael sherer, our white house correspondent, is a terrific story. that's the best way to look at it. because 2008 people thought maybe it is an anomaly. maybe it is as, barack obama said, lightning in a bottle. this attractive african american candidate, we've never had an african american president before. what i think he mean
that didn't look like familiar pictures of obama. he may be the most photographed man in the world. i also wanted something that conveyed the mood of the time. and particularly in the post-newtown period we're in now. that grislynd horrible massacre. the mood of the country has changed and he stepped up in a way that we really haven't seen and so i wanted the picture to be both familiar and unfamiliar both timeless and timely it's somber. it's meditative. it's deliberate. i think it's a really...
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i think hurricane sandy helped obama get reelected. >> how so? >> look at the bloomberg endorsement that came at the last minute? . he believed this was an issue that voters cared about that independents would swing to obama over climate change and some of the polling absolutely supports this that this was one of the reasons that people voted for obama over romney was that they were concerned about climate change and they felt he was a better candidate on climate change. we had a terrible, terrible candidate on climate change and we had a candidate on climate change who needs a lot of pressure. so i feel more optimistic than i did in 2008 because in 2008 the attitude of the environmental movement was our guy just got in and we need to support him and he's going to give us the legislation that we want and we'll take his advice and we're going to be good little soldiers and now maybe i'm being overly optimistic, but i think people learn the lesson of the past four years and people now understand that what obama needs and what we need, forget what o
i think hurricane sandy helped obama get reelected. >> how so? >> look at the bloomberg endorsement that came at the last minute? . he believed this was an issue that voters cared about that independents would swing to obama over climate change and some of the polling absolutely supports this that this was one of the reasons that people voted for obama over romney was that they were concerned about climate change and they felt he was a better candidate on climate change. we had a...
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it's a total catastrophe for barack obama if it's struck down. it destroys his signature achievement. it makes him look like he's outside the mainstream of american law and politics and, you know, it undermines his claim to be an important president of the united states. i mean, losing is a disaster. winning is a mi good thing. >> rose: stuart? >> there's a lot of lodgic to that. i'll just state a contrary proposition. if... us specially if it's 5-4 to strike it down, 5-4 against president obama the left will be enormously energized. the word coming from the left-- and we've already heard it starting-- will be the right wing nuts on the supreme court are trying to wreck president obama's presidency and wreck the country. and that could bring out a lot of votes and it would cerinly be polarizing, i afid and, frankly, to avoid too much polarization i'd kind of prefer a 7-2 decision either way than a 5-4. but i don't think we're going to see a 5-4 either way. >> rose: richard, what are the political implications of this? >> well, i think in effect t
it's a total catastrophe for barack obama if it's struck down. it destroys his signature achievement. it makes him look like he's outside the mainstream of american law and politics and, you know, it undermines his claim to be an important president of the united states. i mean, losing is a disaster. winning is a mi good thing. >> rose: stuart? >> there's a lot of lodgic to that. i'll just state a contrary proposition. if... us specially if it's 5-4 to strike it down, 5-4 against...
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candidate obama lied about hillary clinton... >> so shame on you, barack obama. >> suarez: romney himself also hit back earlier this week during a town hall event in grand junction, colorado. there he accused the president of pursuing policies -- such as the 2009 stimulus that resulted in jobs being created overseas. >> but it is interesting that when it comes to outsourcing that this president has been outsourcing a good deal of american jobs himself. by putting money into energy companies, solar and wind energy companies that end up making their products outside the united states. >> suarez: kiely says factcheck.org has looked at similar claims leveled by conservative groups in the past and found they too stretch the truth. >> we've found in many of the cases they are exaggerated or just flat out wrong. for example, the claim that 2.3 billion dollars in manufacturing tax credits has gone to solar companies that created jobs overseas there is another one about an automotive company, fisker, manufacturing cars in finland. yes, it did manufacture cars in finland, but the money that it rece
candidate obama lied about hillary clinton... >> so shame on you, barack obama. >> suarez: romney himself also hit back earlier this week during a town hall event in grand junction, colorado. there he accused the president of pursuing policies -- such as the 2009 stimulus that resulted in jobs being created overseas. >> but it is interesting that when it comes to outsourcing that this president has been outsourcing a good deal of american jobs himself. by putting money into...
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no one in tehran, no one in israel, no one in the region believes that barack obama barack obama will use military force and the result is tehran listened to that open mic between president and medvedev and said wait until after the election when he has more flexibility and he'll cut a deal allowing us to have enrichment and that's what we l happen if we reelect obama and that will result in a much more dangerous region not only for israel but the united states. >> warner: and would he be more encouraging to israel to take military action? >> i tell you what he'd do. he'd be talking to them to get a coordinated approach as opposed to only publicly castigating them. he should work with our allies not try to corner them. >> warner: we have to leave it there. rich william yamson, thank you very much. you can watch both candidates speeches to the v.f.w. later tonight. plus our politics team will track romney's international travels each day this week in "the morning line." >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, attacks and counterattacks in syria. pennsylvania's tough voter i.d. law. si
no one in tehran, no one in israel, no one in the region believes that barack obama barack obama will use military force and the result is tehran listened to that open mic between president and medvedev and said wait until after the election when he has more flexibility and he'll cut a deal allowing us to have enrichment and that's what we l happen if we reelect obama and that will result in a much more dangerous region not only for israel but the united states. >> warner: and would he be...
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they've already done that a few different years since president obama took office. it's elevating him a little bit more. you're seeing barack obama out there on the stump engaging with congressman ryan and really taking a look at going at congress... he's already been doing that all year saying congress is standing in the way and not getting anything done. that will be definitely part of the dynamics. for mitt knee he needs to get out there and talk about other things if he doesn't want this campaign to about the chce betwn waington republicans and the white house. >> woodruff: does the romney challenge change, dan, with this pick? >> i think it's the same challenge. i think it sharpens some of the differences. it's one of the reasons the democrats are pretty happy about this pick as much as republicans are enthusiastic bit. they see the ability now to draw very sharp con traves and onces that they say the democrats think will work in their favor particularly in some of the key states. for governor romney, it is still how do you drive home the message about the econ
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barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the ft that y hav outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i cançr this time than i ever thought wildly possible. if anybody is undermining the campaign finance system or individual it's probab barack obama. so it's funny now that he would start complaining about it. he protests too much. >> you want to respond to that? eah there's been outside spending for 20 years but never at this level. never, the citizens united court case just scrambled the playing field and changed the dynamic completely and no question it's benefiting the republicans in this election. >> and the other thing i want to ask is the obama ca
barack obama raised more money than mitt romney has. you can make comparisons but when you look at how many fat cats have donated to anyone campaign barack obama owns that title. and the ft that y hav outside spending is not something new. it's been happening really over the last 20 years. and the facts are that barack obama in 2008 had an opportunity to fall under the campaign finance rules. he actually had an agreement with john mccain to do so and broke his agreement when he realized i...
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that now have a new twitter handle "latinos for obama" and they've done several things. you can textunidos" to your phone and get updates. you can sign in with an e-mail and get updates on your e-mail. then there are two other areas, you can find out where parties and events are in your hometown. so that would be.... >> brown: very local and specific. >> and they have a lot of chapters having house parties launching this new initiative. >> brown: both campaigns have this but this is an example of targeting a group. >> brown: the romney campaign hasn't been doing as much online. a romney campaign official told me they have been through a series of bruising primaries and going state by state and they're trying to gear up for the general election so when i looked on twitter, for example, the top search that came up was a mocking twitter handle called "mexican mitt" making fun of his latino outreach effort. >> brown: thinking of... speaking of searches and targeting, you've been looking at campaigns using a corporate model. google ads. >> just like coca-cola or general motor
that now have a new twitter handle "latinos for obama" and they've done several things. you can textunidos" to your phone and get updates. you can sign in with an e-mail and get updates on your e-mail. then there are two other areas, you can find out where parties and events are in your hometown. so that would be.... >> brown: very local and specific. >> and they have a lot of chapters having house parties launching this new initiative. >> brown: both campaigns...
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a lifelong democrat, barofsky was retained by the obama administration. the job as top cop at tarp meant guarding the $700 billion bailout fund from fraud. but in his two-year tenure, barofsky clashed repeatedly with treasury officials in charge of the program, who he says undercut or ignored his efforts to hold big banks accountable for what they did with taxpayer dollars. he's now written a tell-all account of his disillusioning years in d.c., bailout, his attempt to disillusion readers as well. we sat down with barofsky at new york university school of law, where he now teaches as a senior fellow. neil barofsky, welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: what are you trying to accomplish with this book? >> there's so much anger out there, you know on the left, on the right, occupy, tea party, that recognize intuitively that there's something wrong with our financial system and i wanted to write this book so people could understand that they're right, and give them the actual evidence, the actual anecdotes of what happened in washington, and how much their gov
a lifelong democrat, barofsky was retained by the obama administration. the job as top cop at tarp meant guarding the $700 billion bailout fund from fraud. but in his two-year tenure, barofsky clashed repeatedly with treasury officials in charge of the program, who he says undercut or ignored his efforts to hold big banks accountable for what they did with taxpayer dollars. he's now written a tell-all account of his disillusioning years in d.c., bailout, his attempt to disillusion readers as...
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barack obama, what a disappointment. >> woodruff: the obama campaign countered with its own new ad. it attacked romney for paying just 14% of his income in taxes in 2010, and charged his tax reform proposal favors the rich. >> now he has a plan that will give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase: he pays less, you pay more. >> woodruff: the president hit that same theme during an event this afternoon in orlando. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle-down tax cut fairy dust before. and guess what? it didn't work then and it will not work now. it is not a plan to create jobs, it is not a plan to reduce the deficit, it is not a plan to build our middle class, it is not a plan to move our economy forward. >> woodruff: mr. obama again highlighted a study by the non- partisan tax policy center that concluded romney's proposal would pride large x ts t high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle and/or lower-income taxpayers. but eric fehrnstrom, a top romney adviser,
barack obama, what a disappointment. >> woodruff: the obama campaign countered with its own new ad. it attacked romney for paying just 14% of his income in taxes in 2010, and charged his tax reform proposal favors the rich. >> now he has a plan that will give millionaires another tax break and raises taxes on middle class families by up to $2,000 a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase: he pays less, you pay more. >> woodruff: the president hit that same theme during...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: ipresident obama said today gun control would be a central issue of his second term. he tapped vice president biden to spear head the administration's effort. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: we look at the white house's stepped up response to the newtown elementary school shootings with illinois governor pat quinn among others. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown examines a new report blaming the state department for systemic failures in security at the diplomatic mission in benghazi, libya, where four americans died. >> woodruff: from damascus, i.t.n.'s alex thomson reports on the impact the rebel siege of the syrian capital is having on supporters of the assad regime. >> in this educational district and the one next door alone, in the past two weeks 35 small children and two teachers have been killed. >> ifill: we sit down with retiring connecticut senator joe lieberman, the democrat turned independent reflects on the tragedy in his home state and his 24 years in u.s.
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: ipresident obama said today gun control would be a central issue of his second term. he tapped vice president biden to spear head the administration's effort. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight: we look at the white house's stepped up response to the newtown elementary school shootings with illinois governor pat quinn among others. >> ifill: then,...
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as i say, i don't think it will help obama in some of these particular states. i do not see republicans leaping on thisment because they can see which way the winds are blowing. >> and judy, mitt romney's position o on it is crystal clear and totally born of principles. he is for, are you right, gays being able to adopt. but he's for unwed parents, for ildren. in oer words, he doesn't want the stability the security of a family, legally, and he's for a constitutional amendment to outlaw gay marriage. so you have obama who says he's for same-sex marriage but he wants to do it on a state-by-state basis, not the traditional democratic approach to most problems. and the republican is saying he doesn't want to do it by state's right. he wants to do it with a federal mandate. so both sides are a little bit contradictory. >> woodruff:ind of the opposite of what one normally thinks of democrats and republicans. >> for obama it is a little out to say a state issue. he doesn't have to get on the affirmative. >> woodruff: just quickly to both of you. a word about this "was
as i say, i don't think it will help obama in some of these particular states. i do not see republicans leaping on thisment because they can see which way the winds are blowing. >> and judy, mitt romney's position o on it is crystal clear and totally born of principles. he is for, are you right, gays being able to adopt. but he's for unwed parents, for ildren. in oer words, he doesn't want the stability the security of a family, legally, and he's for a constitutional amendment to outlaw...
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if you're sitting at your computer and want to go to "obama economy" or "oop stimulus." when you get to that page with the results you will see ads created and bought by the obama campaign to attack the other guy. for example immigration reform takes you to an obama campaign ad titled "mitt's extreme views." so it's carefully targeting people searching for information online. >> brown: give usn example. >> sure. let me show you an example. this was the search called "buffett rule." we know warren buffett the billionaire, this is a rule that is basically saying let's tax people at the millionaire and billionaire level. so look at this when you do the search. it goes to the white house blog, basically, talking about why the buffett rule would make sure everyone plays by the same rules. >> so someone types in "buffett rule" and up comes the search but also comes up t ad. >> exactly. and that's what the obama campaign wants you to see. >> and the theory is someone interested in the buffett rule, the campaign thinks might also be a supporter. >> or if someone is looking for n
if you're sitting at your computer and want to go to "obama economy" or "oop stimulus." when you get to that page with the results you will see ads created and bought by the obama campaign to attack the other guy. for example immigration reform takes you to an obama campaign ad titled "mitt's extreme views." so it's carefully targeting people searching for information online. >> brown: give usn example. >> sure. let me show you an example. this was the...
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he's focusing his fire on barack obama. if he doesn't win all three of these or at least two of them, doesn't that raise some questions about that? about whether wees really on his way. we know rick santorum is hoping to win in missouri's non-binding beauty contest primary that they have tomorrow night. and that minnesota seems quite competitive. we know minnesota is a place with a lot of tea party voters. as michele bachmann taught us. >> ifill: how about newt gingrich? he has been saying that he has the strategy which takes him through the south and to texas. there is a survival path there. >> right. his strategy. >> ifill: you crunch numbers. >> his strategy goes to texas on april 3. there are a number of corn primaries coming up throughout march. i think the key may well be tennessee. i hate to pick one state. but on super tuesday, you know, massachusetts is there. you'd have to figure that mitt romney will do well. georgia is there. you have to figure newt gingrich. ohio will be a key state. but as the former speaker s
he's focusing his fire on barack obama. if he doesn't win all three of these or at least two of them, doesn't that raise some questions about that? about whether wees really on his way. we know rick santorum is hoping to win in missouri's non-binding beauty contest primary that they have tomorrow night. and that minnesota seems quite competitive. we know minnesota is a place with a lot of tea party voters. as michele bachmann taught us. >> ifill: how about newt gingrich? he has been...
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obama's presidency between russiand ameri. rose: itesting. your judgment is the obama administration has reset the russian relationship and that between the president of the united states and the former prime minister and income category president, there's a very good relationship. certainly, there's a good relationship between the incoming prime minister, mr. medvedev, and the president. they seem to get along really well. >> the relationship between the leaders of our countries or between-- are always much better than in some otherrea i think the press is responsible for this. you should be more accurate what you're saying about russia, probably sometime more understanding. so error to say but that is our impression sometimes. when politicians, they are probably more knowledgeable, maybe more realistic, i don't know. but we saw-- maybe not reset was not as successful as we expected, and particularly we have some still arguments. but it was a positive trend. and we very much hope that we can build up this cooperation for the future. but we n
obama's presidency between russiand ameri. rose: itesting. your judgment is the obama administration has reset the russian relationship and that between the president of the united states and the former prime minister and income category president, there's a very good relationship. certainly, there's a good relationship between the incoming prime minister, mr. medvedev, and the president. they seem to get along really well. >> the relationship between the leaders of our countries or...
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obama said "i'm ready to talk about the economy now." romney said the same thing. i think it will have very little impact because it happened early and neither candidate wants to talk about this very much. by july they will have said nothing about this since may unless being pressed. i think it will be a limited impact because they don't want to talk about it themselves. >> woodruff: interesting. we were just saying romney in an interview today charlie said he is in favor of gayouples adopting chiren ich is an interestin aspect. >> everybody time he wades into the issue he seems to get into trouble whether he's referring to it as a states rights issue or federal issue. there would seem to be some tension in having a position where you don't believe gay marriage but support adoption of children. either way it's not a winner for republicans and we saw that yesterday in the aftermath of the announcement. there was close to silence with republican candidates across the board because they don't want to be taken off message because they know they're fighting a culture wa
obama said "i'm ready to talk about the economy now." romney said the same thing. i think it will have very little impact because it happened early and neither candidate wants to talk about this very much. by july they will have said nothing about this since may unless being pressed. i think it will be a limited impact because they don't want to talk about it themselves. >> woodruff: interesting. we were just saying romney in an interview today charlie said he is in favor of...
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on syria, and i think the first moves of our new president deciding not to go to the g-8 and barack obama, vice versa saying he is to the going to go to the asia-pacific summit, is not a good start. but i still my belief is that still there is a possibility to build good relationships as with america as well as with britain as well as with the rest of the world. >> rose: it is said obama had a good relationship with med ef-- med yesterday ef, without is about to be prime minister. >> and i home at canbe built on as well as with britain. >> rose: you go to britain, get an education there and become a british citizen. and then you buy the "evening standard". >> yes. >> rose: what was the state of the "evening standard" when you bought it? >> the "evening standard" was on its knees. can't really say it any other way. there was actually a date set for closeure. and it was going to be closed down if it wasn't sold. and i think for the owner at the time, he would have been more painful to close it than it was to sell it. >> rose: you were a saviour because to one else was standing in line to bu
on syria, and i think the first moves of our new president deciding not to go to the g-8 and barack obama, vice versa saying he is to the going to go to the asia-pacific summit, is not a good start. but i still my belief is that still there is a possibility to build good relationships as with america as well as with britain as well as with the rest of the world. >> rose: it is said obama had a good relationship with med ef-- med yesterday ef, without is about to be prime minister....
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and i think obama has continued extremly aggressively. he's kind of a ruthless guy polit clee and in foreign affairs. and i think he has done it pretty well. there are some clear doubts about drones and legitimate doubts. should a white house have the power to essentially assassinate people. and we as the government most vuller-- vul neverable to cyberterrorism because of how much we rely on computers, we are now on record of saying yes, we have suffered-- we are doing it to others. so there is double edge sword here. nonetheless i think the bottom line is that especially vis-a-vis iran these are pretty effective programs. if you think government can't do anything, they were -- the iranians are wondering what is going on. why are these things spinning weirdly out of control. they wer firing people, they thoughthereas something wrong wi the machinery. we had people in our intelligence agencies doing something pretty impressive i would think. >> i would just say that there are a number of people who have grave moral reservations about the o
and i think obama has continued extremly aggressively. he's kind of a ruthless guy polit clee and in foreign affairs. and i think he has done it pretty well. there are some clear doubts about drones and legitimate doubts. should a white house have the power to essentially assassinate people. and we as the government most vuller-- vul neverable to cyberterrorism because of how much we rely on computers, we are now on record of saying yes, we have suffered-- we are doing it to others. so there is...
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we know obama's margin of victory in that state, 600,000. so, i mn, obviously, this is veryeal litical issue, b beyond that, this is a real issue of real americans, and really being able to access and be self-determinative in how we're governed. >> when i left the building this morning, one of the workers asked me what we were doing, and i told him and he said to me, "but listen, i have to show a photo id when i get on an airplane and fly, why shouldn't i be asked to provide a voter id when i go to vote?" >> what we see when we look at these highly restrictive voter id lawis ty actually end up cherry picking vors,llowing poiticians choseho tes rather than letting the voters choose their politicians. that the laws are overly restrictive. >> what do you mean when you say these laws are overly restrictive? >> they're the types of ids that we know that one in ten americans don't have, that our studies have shown us that there are -- that 18 percent of senior citizens over 65, that 25 percent of african americans, that a high percentage of young
we know obama's margin of victory in that state, 600,000. so, i mn, obviously, this is veryeal litical issue, b beyond that, this is a real issue of real americans, and really being able to access and be self-determinative in how we're governed. >> when i left the building this morning, one of the workers asked me what we were doing, and i told him and he said to me, "but listen, i have to show a photo id when i get on an airplane and fly, why shouldn't i be asked to provide a voter...
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presidents from truman to obama, save one. find out who is missing in a special diamond jubilee slide show on our website. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: demonstrators protested in cairo's tahrir square, three days after former egyptian president mubarak was sentenced to life in prison rebels fighting the regime of syrian president bashar assad banded together in a new coalition. and, voters in wisconsin prepared to go to the polls tomorrow in an effort to recall republican governor scott walker. online, we're watching wisconsin. kwame holman explains >> holman: jeff joined gwen and political editor christina bellantoni to talk about the energy and the money flowing into the state. today's political checklist is on our "politics" page. plus, the story of a diary and letters penned by a north vietnamese and an american soldier, both killed in the war. defense secretary leon panetta and his counterpart in hanoi exchanged the very personal documents today. find photos and the story behind the hand-overs, faci
presidents from truman to obama, save one. find out who is missing in a special diamond jubilee slide show on our website. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: demonstrators protested in cairo's tahrir square, three days after former egyptian president mubarak was sentenced to life in prison rebels fighting the regime of syrian president bashar assad banded together in a new coalition. and, voters in wisconsin prepared to go to the polls tomorrow in an effort to recall...
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i am committed to defeating obama. we will find ways to try to be helpful. i do think it's pretty clear to governor romney is ultimately going to be the nominee and we'll do everything we can to make sure he is, in fact, effective. >> holman: meanwhile, president obama argued romney will have to defend the conservative views he embraced during the long primary campaign. in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine, the president said, "i don't think that their nominee is going to be ae to suddenly say, 'everything i've said for the last six months, i didn't mean.'" the president also pressed congress again to maintain low interest rates on student loans. the rates will double in july, unless congress acts to prevent it. last night, senate democrats called for taxing privately held corporations to pay for the cost nearly $6 billion. today, house speaker john boehner offered a republican bill to take the money out of funding for the health care reform law. he scheduled a vote for friday. the secretary of homeland security janet napolitano said today she doubt
i am committed to defeating obama. we will find ways to try to be helpful. i do think it's pretty clear to governor romney is ultimately going to be the nominee and we'll do everything we can to make sure he is, in fact, effective. >> holman: meanwhile, president obama argued romney will have to defend the conservative views he embraced during the long primary campaign. in an interview with "rolling stone" magazine, the president said, "i don't think that their nominee is...
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. >> brown: republicans pointed out that president obama's budget called for cutting the same fund to pay for other priorities. and house speaker john boehner rejected any talk of a "war on women." >> and now, we're going to have a fight over women's health. this is the latest plank in the so called "war on women." entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> brown: in the end, all but 30 republicans voted for the bill; all but 13 democrats voted against. white house officials said today the president would veto the house bill, if it reached his desk. but the bill has little chance in the senate. democrats hold the majority there, and they want to pay for the student loan fix with higher taxes on high-income owners of private corporations. the president has endorsed that approach, talking up the issue on college campuses. republican challenger mitt romney also says he favors keeping the current low rates, but has not said how he'd pay for it. meanwhile, student loan debt exceeded credit card debt last year for the first time. the average debt-holder in the
. >> brown: republicans pointed out that president obama's budget called for cutting the same fund to pay for other priorities. and house speaker john boehner rejected any talk of a "war on women." >> and now, we're going to have a fight over women's health. this is the latest plank in the so called "war on women." entirely created by my colleagues across the aisle for political gain. >> brown: in the end, all but 30 republicans voted for the bill; all but...
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what the obama administration wants to do with executive privilege, get it lost in the court system, push it past the election and hopefully it will go away. >> so the fallout this week from the president's announcement last week that he would allow young illegal immigrants to stay in the country and to get work permits, both president and mitt romney spoke this week, actually yesterday and today, right, to a latino group of officials. the other group from each of them. >> some people have asked if i will let stand the president's executive order. the answer is that i will put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the president's temporary measure. as president i won't settle for stopgap measures. i will work with republicans and democrats to build a long-term solution. >> the questn we suld nsider thi wasroving the young people with the opportunity for a temporary measure of relief the right thing to do? i think it was. it's long pastime that we gave them a sense of hope. now your speaker from yesterday has a different view. in a speech he said that when
what the obama administration wants to do with executive privilege, get it lost in the court system, push it past the election and hopefully it will go away. >> so the fallout this week from the president's announcement last week that he would allow young illegal immigrants to stay in the country and to get work permits, both president and mitt romney spoke this week, actually yesterday and today, right, to a latino group of officials. the other group from each of them. >> some...
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house speaker john boehner blasted president obama for traveling to college campuses in three battleground states this week. at each stop, the president pressed republicans to support holding down interest rates on student loans. but boehner accused the president of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime and manufacturing an issue to boot. >> here's the president wasting time on a fake fight to try and gain his own reelection. these are the kinds of political stunts and frankly they aren't worth it and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world and i've never seen a president make it smaller. >> holman: in response, white house spokesman jay carney insisted this week's trip was for legitimate presidential business and not campaigning in disguise. >> the president was arguing on behalf of a policy that he believes is essential. he was calling on congress and will continue to call on congress to act to fix a problem that if not fixed will negatively effect millions of students across the country. and he'll continue to do that as part of his job. >> holman: the house votes tomorro
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it a test first major step forward taken by the two countries since president obama came into office. and it also, i think, says a lot about the way the kim jong-un regime in north korea is going to operate. they're a very hrarccal oury,nd 's interesting to me that kim gay wan who has been promoted is happy to meet with gwen davis, a lower rank than the man he succeeded, steve bosworth. so there was no talk of hierarchy, there was just talk on issues that had long divided us and which we were able to talk about since kim jong-un came into power. >> woodruff: balbina hwang, do you agree this is a big break through? >> i don't, unfortunately. i would hesitate to call it a step in the right direction. the problem is the bar has been moved so far backwards that even if we return to where talks stalled in october, 2008, i'm not sure this statement today gets us to that point. it's certainly leaning in the right direction and i think it's a positive sign but i hesitate to read too much into this. >> woodruff: what about ambassador tkpwr +*el gregg's pt you have ranking officials on the nort
it a test first major step forward taken by the two countries since president obama came into office. and it also, i think, says a lot about the way the kim jong-un regime in north korea is going to operate. they're a very hrarccal oury,nd 's interesting to me that kim gay wan who has been promoted is happy to meet with gwen davis, a lower rank than the man he succeeded, steve bosworth. so there was no talk of hierarchy, there was just talk on issues that had long divided us and which we were...
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house speaker john boehner blasted president obama for traveling to college campuses in three battleground states this week. at each stop, the president pressed republicans to support holding down interest rates on student loans. but boehner accused the president of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime and manufacturing an issue to boot. >> here's the president wasting time on a fake fight to try and gain his own reelection. these are the kinds of political stunts and frankly they aren't worth it and worthy of his office. this is the biggest job in the world and i've never seen a president make it smaller. >> holman: in response, white house spokesman jay carney insisted this week's trip was for legitimate presidential business and not campaigning in disguise. >> the president was arguing on behalf of a policy that he believes is essential. he was calling on congress and will continue to call on congress to act to fix a problem that if not fixed will negatively effect millions of students across the country. and he'll continue to do that as part of his job. >> holman: the house votes tomorro
house speaker john boehner blasted president obama for traveling to college campuses in three battleground states this week. at each stop, the president pressed republicans to support holding down interest rates on student loans. but boehner accused the president of campaigning on the taxpayers' dime and manufacturing an issue to boot. >> here's the president wasting time on a fake fight to try and gain his own reelection. these are the kinds of political stunts and frankly they aren't...